Raymond James Financial : declares quarterly dividend and announces say-on-pay frequency

May 17, 2017

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend on shares of its common stock of $0.22 per share, payable July 17, 2017 to shareholders of record on July 3, 2017.

In addition, the Board's Corporate Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee has determined that the Company will hold future advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation ('say-on-pay') on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes. At the most recent Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, held on February 16, 2017, a majority of the Company's shareholders voted in favor of holding say-on-pay votes once each year. Applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission require us to hold advisory votes on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes ('say-on-frequency') every six years; we thus expect that the next say-on-frequency vote will occur on or before our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2023.

Forward Looking Statements

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About Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. The company has 7,200 financial advisors serving approximately 3 million client accounts in more than 2,900 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $643 billion. Public since 1983, the firm has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1986 under the symbol RJF. Additional information is available at www.raymondjames.com.